Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty Land Warrant Application File S. 16828, Samuel Gilbert, Mass.

SERVICE
NUMBER
Mass.
Gilbert, Samuel
S. 16828
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Maine 21523
Samuel Gilbert Bucksport in the State of Maine who was a Private in the Company commanded by Captain Sparrow of the Reg't commanded by Col. Brooks in the War here for 180 days
Enscribed on the Roll of Maine the rate of 61 Dollars 33 Cents per annum commence on the 14th day of March, 1831.
Certificate of Pension issued the 16 day of Sept 1833 and sent Samuel F. Brown Bucksport Maine Years to the 14th of Sept 1833 $153.33 Semi-ant. allowance ending Mar 31 30.67 $184.00
{ Revolutionary Claim, } { Act June 7, 1832. }
Recorded by N. Addison Clerk Book E Vol. 1st Page 19

8933
Samuel Gilbert
April 9 th 1833
Obj - 14. 15.
8933
L. 324
Pawt 18 Mr 12 days
 61 33 2  12 266  30.07  155.54 
Sam l D. Brown Esq E Buckfield Me

BRIEF in the case of Samuel Gilbert.  of Bucksfield in the State of Maine  (Act 7th June, 1832.)
 1. Was the declaration made before a Court or a Judge? Open Court  2. If before a Judge, does it appear that the applicant is disabled by bodily infirmity?  3. How old is he? 78 years  4. State his service, as directed in the form annexed. 
   Period. Duration of Service. Rank. Names of General and Field Officers under whom he served.   Years, Months, Days.     Spring In 1777 3 Private Gen. Capt Sparre   no date 4 to 6 " Col Brooks   no date 4 Col Cooten   Spring of 1779 6 Col Cooten   1777 1 12  
 5. In what battles was he engaged?  6. Where did he reside when he entered the service? Kingston Me. & Abenethy  7. Is his statement supported by living witnesses, by documentary proof, by traditional evidence, by incidental evidence, or by the rolls? By living witnesses  8. Are the papers defective as to form or authentication? and if so, in what respect? The papers are not attached with as required 
I Certify that the foregoing statement and the answers agree with the evidence in the case above mentioned.
Richard Coates Examining Clerk.

Sam Gilberts application 8933

STATE OF MAINE.
COUNTY OF Oxford ss.
ON this 17 th day of August A. D. 1832, personally appeared in open Court, before the Court of Probate now sitting, Samuel Gilbert a resident of Brookfield in the county of Oxford and State of Maine, aged 73 years, who being first duly sworn according to law, doth, on his oath, make the following declaration, in order to obtain the benefit of the act of Congress, passed June 7, 1832. That he entered the service of the United States under the following named officers, and served as herein stated. He enlisted at Kingston in the State of Massachusetts in the spring of the year 1777, into a company commanded by Captain Sparrow for three months, and was stationed at Bristol R.I. where he served the term through & was discharged. That he enlisted again into a company commanded by Capt. Washburn of Plymouth (he thinks) at S. Kingston for four months in Col. Brooks Regiment & was stationed at Cambridge, Massachusetts to guard Bragonier Army then prisoners. and there served from four to six months the term through & was discharged. That after this he enlisted again into a company commanded by Captain Calvins (Bentley), of Col. Cottons Regiment, at said Kingston, for four months and was stationed at Scituate & at Swansea, R.I. Island, where he served through said four months & was discharged. That he again enlisted into the Army into a company commanded by Capt. Sparrow of Col. Dyer's Regiment, at said Kingston, in the spring of the year 1779. for six months and was stationed at Providence R.I. till the fall, when their Regiments went on to Rhode Island, where he was discharged at Newport at the end of said term. And still again he enlisted at Kingston to serve in the Secret expedition, so called, and was stationed at Scituate R.I., where he served for six weeks under Col. Cotton, but the Captains name he does not remember. This was as near as he now recollects in the year 1777. said Gilbert further says, that he was born in the year 1759, and that the record of his age is among the records of the town of Kingston and in the town of Leeds, in the State of Maine - that he lived at said Kingston when called into service & has lived in S. Kingston & said Leeds ss. Brookfield since that he never received any written
discharges at the close of his services, except when he was discharged at Newport for at the close of his six months service, which was in writing, which discharge was burnt in his dwelling house which was burnt in the town of Leeds) - that he also as was a volunteer in

said Lieut. Col. Birchfield that he never received any written discharge at the close of his services, except when he was discharged at Newport for at the close of his six months service, which was in writing, which discharge was burnt in his dwelling house (which was burnt in the town of Leeds) - that he also was a volunteer in his services in the army, and that the Rev. Nathaniel Shaw & Henry H. Hutchinson John Loring Esq. of his present neighborhood, can testify as to his character for veracity and their belief of his services as a soldier in the revolution.
Samuel Gilbert
And the said Gilbert further says that James Waterson, Nathaniel Shaw, Ebenezer Washburn and William Bushman, whose depositions he has herewith subjoined, are the only surviving witnesses of his services, that he can find.
Samuel Gilbert

We Nathanial Chase, a clergyman residing in the town of Brattleboro, in the County of Orford & State of Maine & John Loring residing in the same town hereby certify that we are well acquainted with Samuel Gilbert who has subscribed & sworn to the above declaration that we believe him to be 73 years of age; that he is reported & believed in the neighborhood where he resides, to have been a soldier in the revolution and that we concur in that opinion.
John Loring Nathl Chase
5.
And the said Court do hereby declare their opinion, after the investigation of the matter, and after putting the interrogatories prescribed by the War Department, that the above applicant was a revolutionary soldier, and served as he states. Said applicant having adduced the depositions of Nathanial Chase, Ebenezer Washburn, William Cushing, & James Waterman - as also the certificate of Nathanial Chase & John Loring, the former a clergyman, & both of said Brattleboro - all under oath duly administered in corroboration of his own declaration.
Stephen Emery, Judge
I Joseph G. Gole Register Clerk of the Court of Probate do hereby certify that the foregoing contains the original proceedings of the said Court in the matter of the application of Samuel Gilbert for a pension.
IN testimony whereof, I have hereunto set my hand and seal of office this 17 th day of August A. D. 1832.
CLERK.
Joseph G. Gole Register

We Nathaniel Chase, a clergyman residing in the town of Bowdoin County of Oxford & State of Maine and Henry H. Hutchinson of said Bowdoin do hereby certify that we are well acquainted with Samuel Gilbert who has subscribed & sworn to the foregoing declaration - that we believe him to be seventy three years of age - that he is respected & beloved in the neighborhood where he resides, to have been a soldier of the revolution & that we concur in that opinion.

February 16, 1932
BA-J/MCS
Mrs. Nina R. Israelson 125 York Street Rumford Maine
Dear Madam:
Reference is made to your letter of January 21, 1932, requesting information in regard to Samuel Gilbert, a soldier of the Revolution.
The data contained herein are obtained from papers on file in the pension claim, S. 16828, based upon the Revolutionary War service of Samuel Gilbert.
He was born in 1759 at Kingston or Plympton, Massachusetts.
While a resident of Kingston, Massachusetts, he enlisted and served as private with the Massachusetts troops as follows: from sometime in the spring of 1777, three months in Captain Sparrow's Company; in 1777, six weeks in Captain Nehemiah Allen's Company in Colonel Cotton's Regiment and went with General Spencer on his Rhode Island expedition; from the fall of 1777, four to six months in Captain Ebenezer Washburn's Company in Colonel Brooks' Regiment; served four months in Captain Calvin Curtis' Company in Colonel Cotton's Regiment, date of this enlistment not given; from the spring of 1779, six months in Captain Sparrow's Company in Colonel Tyler's Regiment.
After his service he lived in Kingston, Leeds and Buckfield.
He was allowed pension on his application executed August 17, 1832, at which time he was living in Buckfield, Maine.
There are no data relative to the soldier's family.
No charge is made for furnishing this information.
Very truly yours,
A. D. HILLER
Assistant to Administrator
Death not in Agency Book

16828 INVALID.
File No. 16828
Samuel Gilbert
Rev Rev Mr
Act: June 7 th 89
Index:—Vol. 1 , Page 143
[Arrangement of 1870.]

1932 Feb. 16 hist. tollers Nina R. Israelson U.C.L.

STATE OF MAINE.
OXFORD COUNTY, ss.
I, RUFUS KING GOODENOW, Clerk of the Judicial Courts in and for said County of Oxford, hereby certify, that Sam l F. Brown
whose genuine signature is annexed to the foregoing Deposition of Ebenezer Washburn, James Walbridge, Wm Cushman & Nathaniel Shaw is a Justice of the Peace in and for said county of Oxford.
In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand and affixed my seal of office, this eleventh day of September in the year A. D. 1832 .
{ Clerk of Oxford County Courts.

Samuel G. Gilbert Maine
Saml. F. Brown Esq. Bucksfield Oxford Co., Me.

BRIEF objections to the admission of Pension Claims, of which those answered in the negative, in red ink, will apply to the claim of Samuel Gibint of Bruckfield Maine which require further proof or explanation.
I. Does the declaration show where the applicant resides? yes II. Did the declarant make the declaration in the county where he resides? yes III. If the applicant did not make the declaration in the county where he resides, is there any reason assigned for his not doing so? IV. Has the declarant mentioned the period or periods of the war when he served? yes V. * Has he mentioned with precision the length of his service, and the different grades in which he served, in language so definite as to enable the department to determine to what amount of pension he is entitled? no - see these 5- This objection has not been removed VI. Has he given the names of the officers under whom he served, in conformity with the regulations? yes VII. Has he made a relinquishment of every claim to any other pension than the one under the Act of June 7, 1832? yes VIII. Has the Court given their opinion? yes IX. Has the Clerk given his certificate? yes X. Is the Clerk's seal affixed? And if so, has it a device or inscription by which it can be distinguished from any other seal? yes

XI. Has the applicant obtained the evidence of a clergyman and another respectable citizen as to their belief respecting his age and the general belief in his neighborhood relative to his revolutionary service? yes XII. If the clergyman's affidavit has not been produced, is there any reason assigned for not obtaining it? XIII. If the applicant has no documentary evidence, and has not obtained the testimony of at least one living witness, has he stated in his declaration that such proof cannot be had? XIV. † If the applicant's name is not found on the rolls of military service, has he produced a witness or witnesses as to his service? yes If he has produced direct proof as to service, has the magistrate who administered the oath, certified to the credibility of the witness or witnesses? yes - no  no Has the proper officer certified to the official character and signature of the magistrate as the regulations direct? yes XV. Does it appear from any of the papers that the witness was in such a situation, or of such an age, as to have a personal knowledge of the applicant's service? yes XVI. ‡ Are the papers authenticated as the regulations direct? no see Quere 16 XVII. Are the seven interrogatories prescribed by the War Department answered satisfactorily? And, if not, which of them is not so answered?
EXPLANATORY NOTES.
* QUERE V. In a case where the applicant cannot, by reason of the loss of memory, state precisely how long he served, he should amend his declaration by making an affidavit in the following words: "Personally appeared before me, the undersigned, a Justice of the Peace, &c. A. B. who, being duly sworn, deposeth and saith, that, by reason of old age, and the consequent loss of memory, he cannot swear positively as to the precise length of his service, but according to the best of his recollection he served not less than the periods mentioned below, and in the following grades; For _____ year _____ months, and _____ days, I served as a _____ For _____ months and _____ days, I served as a _____; and for such service I claim a pension."

It is important in all cases to determine with precision the period for which each applicant served, and the particular rank he held, as the law directs the pension to be paid according to the grade of the pensioner and the length of his service. The use of the phrase about three or four months is too indefinite, and all such qualifying expressions are objectionable. Some persons who apply for pensions merely state they served two years in the militia, &c. without specifying the tours; the names of the officers, and other particulars respecting their service. This form of a declaration is highly objectionable. It must in every case be clearly shewn under what officers the applicant served; the duration of each term of engagement; the particular place or places where the service was performed; that the applicant served with an embodied corps called into service by competent authority; that he was either in the field or in garrison; and for the time during which the service was performed, he was not employed in any civil pursuit.
†QUERE XIV. Proof of Service.
In a case where the name of the applicant is not found on the records of the Department, he must prove his service by two credible witnesses, who are required to set forth in their affidavits the time of the claimants entering the service, and the time and manner of his leaving the same, as well as the regiment, company, and line to which he belonged. The magistrate who may administer the oaths must certify to the credibility of the witnesses, and the official character and signature of the magistrate must be certified by the proper officer, under his seal of office.
‡QUERE XVI. Mode of authenticating papers.
In every instance where the certificate of the certifying officer who authenticates the papers is not written on the same sheet of paper which contains the affidavit, or other paper authenticated, the certificate must be attached thereto by a piece of tape or narrow ribbon, the ends of which must pass under the seal of office of the certifying officer, so as to prevent any paper from being improperly attached to the certificate.
In every case where the clerk of the court, or other certifying officer, has no public seal of office, the certificate of a member of congress, proving the official character and signature of the certifying officer, should accompany the papers.
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Please send Certificate to S. F. Brown P.M. Bruckfield etc

State of Maine County of Oxford p. —
Personally appeared before me the undersigned, a justice of the Peace for said County of Oxford, Samuel Gillett of Buckfield in said County, who being duly sworn deposes & saith that by reason of old age & the consequent loss of memory, he cannot swear positively as to the length of his service, but according to the best of his recollection, he served not up than the period mentioned below & in the grade of a Private Soldier, viz for eighteen months and one half during five several periods as specified in his original application for such service I claim a pension
Samuel Gillett
Subscribed & sworn to before me this 24 th day of July AD 1833
Sam l H. Brown
Justice of the Peace

I. Ebenezer Washburn living in the town of Houlton & County of Aroostook & State of Maine, aged 70 years testify & say that in the year 1862 in the Fall I entered the service of the United States in the army into the Company commanded by Capt. Ebenezer Washburn of Kingston Me. of Col. Burks regiment and marched to Cambridge Mass. where I was stationed with said Company & employed till the next April & was discharged, having acted as guards to the Army of Potomac there & other prisoners, during which I served five & a half months and I well remember that Samuel Gilbert who now lives in Backfield in said County of Aroostook was a soldier then also in the same Company and served with me all the time & was discharged with me. He lives in said Kingston when I lived there and when we both engaged in the service.
Ebenezer Washburn
State of Maine
County of Aroostook ss. August 23 1892 Then the above named Ebenezer Washburn to me well known as a man of veracity, personally appeared and made oath to the truth of the foregoing affidavit by him subscribed, before me.
Samuel G. Brown Justice of the Peace
Samuel G. Brown to me well known as a man of veracity personally appeared & made oath to the truth of the foregoing affidavit by him subscribed before me.
Samuel G. Brown Justice of the Peace

I, James Waterman residing in the town of Buckfield in the County of Oxford State of Maine, aged sixty seven years, testify & say that I was born & brought up in the town of Kingston in the Commonwealth of Massachusetts when I became acquainted with Samuel Gilbert who now lives in said Buckfield & who was born in Plympton adjoining said Kingston, but was brought up in said Kingston. that said Gilbert and myself were boys together tho' he is the oldest, and lived near neighbors. I well remember that while the British were at Rhode Island, said Gilbert and my older brother Benjamin & Ebenezer Washburn, enlisted into a company to go to Rhode Island and that they did go and were gone I think six months, but of the length of time & the year I cannot say positively, nor can I remember the name of the Captain certainly but I think it was Washburn. I also recollect of my brother & said Gilbert coming home together. I also say that I think said Gilbert went three campaigns into the army but I cannot state the particulars. I have been acquainted with said Gilbert ever since and well know the man, who now lives in said Buckfield, and who, I understand applies for a pension, to be the same Samuel Gilbert of whom I have stated as above - James Waterman
State of Maine
County of Oxford ss. August 23 d 1832. Then the above named James Waterman to me well known as a man of veracity personally appeared & made oath to the truth of the foregoing affidavit by him subscribed before me
Samuel D. Brown Justice of the Peace

I William Cushman of Halford in the County of Oxford State of Maine, aged sixty eight years, on oath say that I was a soldier in the American Army during the revolutionary war with Great Britain, for fifteen months at two several periods, one of which for twelve months at Providence and on Rhode Island in the year 1779 in a company commanded by Captain Hoxie, of Col. John Jacob's Regiment when I served out said term of time. And I further say that while in said service I met with Samuel Gilbert, who now resides in the town of Houlton in the County of Oxford and knew him to be then a soldier in the same service, & belonging to the company of Captain Sparre of Col. Tyler's Regiment. How long he served I cannot say not knowing when he enlisted or when he was discharged.
I knew said Gilbert well in those days as he resided but about three miles from me in Kingston Massachusetts and we went to the same meeting together. I have often conversed with said Gilbert about his services in the army beside the campaign above stated. He has stated facts to me that I have heard other state who I knew to have been in the army & I find such a coincidence in their stories that I am satisfied said Gilbert must have been in the service agreeable to his statement & declaration now making in order to obtain his pension, although I do not positively know the facts.
Wm Cushman
State of Maine. County of Oxford ss.
July 31. 1832. Then the abovenamed William Cushman to me well known as a man of truth, personally appeared and made oath to the truth of the foregoing affidavit by him subscribed before me.
Samuel F. Brown Justice of the Peace

I Nathaniel Shaw of Bethel in the County of Oxford State of Maine, aged eighty seven years, testify & say that I was a soldier in the American Army during the revolutionary war with Great Britain for several periods during one of which I was engaged in the Rhode Island Expedition, so called or Rhode Island under Genl. Spencer in the year, I think, 1777 being then in Capt. Nehemiah Allen Company of Col. Cotts Regiment, during which service I will remember that Samuel Gilbert who now lives in said Bethel was in the same service as a soldier in the same Regiment but his Captain I cannot recollect, but I remember his Lieut. name was Joseph Gole. I will remember that he was there the whole six weeks of the expedition. I have always been acquainted with S r Gilbert since that time & will know him to be the same man who served with me as aforesaid.
NATHANIEL SHAW
State of Maine. County of Oxford ss.
July 31. 1892. Then the above named Nathaniel Shaw to me well known as a man of veracity, personally appeared and made oath to the truth of the foregoing affidavit by him subscribed, before me
Samuel D. Brown Justice of the Peace

Rev
LAW OFFICE OF ARETAS E. STEARNS RUMFORD, MAINE
January 21, 1932.
Bureau of Pensions, Washington, D. C.
Sirs:
Will you kindly examine for me your pension records of Revolutionary Veterans and ascertain if there is a record of pension awarded to one Samuel Gilbert , at the time living in either Leeds or Buckfield, Maine? If you find this record, will you kindly send me a copy of such pension record, and I will be pleased to send you whatever charge you may have for such service.
Very truly,
HC
(Mrs) Nina P. Garcelon
125 York St., Rumford, Maine.